Within neighborhood
100
th percentile
Very High
Neighborhood · Ranked #10,320 of 84,120 nationally
Hamnett Place Eviction Risk: Elevated , Wilkinsburg
Tract 42003561500 · Allegheny County, PA · pop 2,737 · neighborhood within 0.8 mi
With a score of 7.5/10, tract 42003561500 in the Hamnett Place area of Wilkinsburg, PA reads elevated for landlord eviction risk. Population here is 2,737. The score leans hardest on tenant-organizing strength at 9.8/10.
Risk score
7.5
Elevated
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 30%
Stable renters 25%
Owners 45%
Tract context
Occupied units1,470
Renter share54.6%
SVI overall0.63
Poverty rate21.2%
Median income$55,742
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within parent city
100
th percentile
Very High
Within county
99
th percentile
Very High
Within state
95
th percentile
Very High
Geographic context
Risk heat across Wilkinsburg and the region
Centroid at 40.4403, -79.8684 · click any tract to drill in
Why Hamnett Place scores 7.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Wilkinsburg
6.4
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.0
State political climate
Pennsylvania legislature & governorship
3.4
Economic stress
21.2% poverty · this tract
5.3
Supply constraint
$1,151 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Wilkinsburg
5.8
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
3.0
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Wilkinsburg
9.8
Housing court bias
Inherited from Wilkinsburg
6.9
How Hamnett Place compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 63
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 73%Socioeconomic
- 66%Household composition
- 76%Racial/ethnic minority
- 28%Housing & transportation
Historical context · 1930s redlining
HOLC grade: B: Still Desirable
This tract sits within an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s. Grade B meant middle-class areas with mortgage access. These designations suppressed minority homeownership for generations and remain a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings and rent burden.
- 0%Grade A
- 56%Grade B
- 26%Grade C
- 0%Grade D · redlined
Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), 1935-1940 HOLC residential security maps, aggregated to 2020 census tracts by area share. CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 649Total filings over 7 yrs
- 12.37%Avg annual filing rate
- 13.9%Peak (2002)
- 81Filings in 2006 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 16% over the past 7 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Within Hamnett Place. Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Hamnett Place
31% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. Against Allegheny County at 40.6%, 55% of renters here are cost-burdened.
Against the Allegheny County average of 5.0, this tract reads riskier for landlords by 2.5 points. Sitting well above the midpoint, court filing pressure reads 7.8/10. The poverty rate is 21%, which in this model reads as reduced rent-recovery odds after a judgment.
Court records carry 649 eviction filings across 7 observed years. Well under the midpoint, eviction-process difficulty reads 3/10.
Average gross rent is $1,151, 12% above the Wilkinsburg average. The worst year on record was 2002, when 13.9% of renter households were served.
This ground was mapped B ("Still Desirable") on the 1930s HOLC security maps for Pittsburgh. That grading determined who could get a mortgage, and its imprint on tenure and rent burden is still visible in the ACS data above. In a typical year about 12.4% of renter households face a filing.
That is riskier than roughly 88% of the 84,120 US census tracts in this model. CDC social-vulnerability scoring puts the tract at 6.7/10.
All figures here are ACS 5-year estimates for this tract, refreshed as the underlying releases land.
Frequently asked
About tract 42003561500
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 42003561500?
Census tract 42003561500 in the Hamnett Place neighborhood scores 7.5/10 (Elevated tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 42003561500?
Median gross rent is $1,151/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 55% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 42003561500?
21.2% of residents in tract 42003561500 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 2,737.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 42003561500?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 63th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 73th, household 66th, minority 76th, housing 28th.
Q5
Is tract 42003561500 considered part of Hamnett Place?
Yes. Per Census Bureau 2020 Block Assignment Files, the plurality of blocks in tract 42003561500 fall within Hamnett Place (neighborhood centroid within 0.8 miles, OSM data).
Q6
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 42003561500?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 649 eviction filings across 7 validated years in tract 42003561500 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 12.37% of renter households, peaking at 13.9% in 2002. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q7
How does tract 42003561500 compare to Wilkinsburg overall?
Tract 42003561500 scores 7.5/10, higher than the parent city of Wilkinsburg at 6.1/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Wilkinsburg eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Q8
Was tract 42003561500 historically redlined?
Yes. This tract sits inside an area graded by the Home Owners' Loan Corporation in the 1930s, with a dominant grade of B. 0% of the tract's area was rated D ("Hazardous"), the redlined tier. HOLC redlining systematically denied mortgage credit to Black, immigrant, and working-class neighborhoods and remains a documented predictor of present-day eviction filings, rent burden, and homeownership gaps. Source: Mapping Inequality (americanpanorama.org), Robert K. Nelson et al.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Wilkinsburg
Top eight tracts in Wilkinsburg ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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